[Event "National Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.06.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Ivanov, Igor"] [Black "Pylant, Gary"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "1803"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 {last book move} Bg4 (5... e6 $5 $11 {is interesting}) 6. cxd5 $16 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxf3 (8... Bd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. O-O $16) 9. gxf3 Qb6 10. d5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Ne5 12. f4 Nd7 13. c4 g6 14. Bb2 {White threatens to win material: Bb2xh8} Rg8 15. Bg2 a6 16. Ke2 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. h4 h5 19. Bh3 f5 (19... Kd8 $5 $16) 20. Rhg1 $18 Kf7 21. e4 $1 {Deflection: f5} Rag8 ( 21... fxe4 22. Bxd7 {Pinning} (22. Bxd7 {Deflection})) 22. Rg5 Nf8 (22... Nf6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 $18) 23. exf5 Kf6 24. Ra5 Nh7 25. Rxc5 Rb8 (25... Nxg5 { there is nothing else anyway} 26. hxg5+ Kf7 $18) 26. Rxg6+ (26. Rc7 {and White can already relax} a5 $18) 26... Rxg6 27. fxg6 Kxg6 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Nf6 ( 29... b6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 30. Bxa6 Kf6 31. Bb5 $18) 30. Bxb7 a5 31. Ke3 Nd7 (31... Kf7 {does not help much} 32. Bc8 $18) 32. Kd4 Kf6 (32... Nf6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 33. Bc8 $18) 33. Bc6 (33. c5 Nxc5 34. Kxc5 Kg7 35. Bc8 Kf7 36. Kb6 e5 37. fxe5 Kf8 38. d6 Ke8 39. d7+ Kf7 40. d8=Q Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Be6+ Kh8 43. Qf7 a4 44. Qg8#) 33... e5+ (33... Nb6 $18 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 34. dxe6 $1 {the end of the story} Kxe6 35. Bxd7+ (35. Bxd7+ Kf6 36. f5 Kf7 37. c5 Kf6 38. c6 Kg7 39. c7 a4 40. Be6 axb3 41. c8=Q b2 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Qg5#) 1-0